This is my daily driver and going to be more of an expedition rig than a rock crawler. I've got an XJ sitting at 4.5" right now that grew piece-by-piece and started as a budget boost... I wanted to do the WJ different and get good components right from day one.

I just ordered most everything for Phase 1 below. I'd like some feedback as to if I missed anything, and there are a couple questions at the end. Thanks!

thats a nice freaking setup!!! you are a lucky man. seems like more than "just and expedition rig" to me.

TX-WJ

02-29-2008 11:26 AM

ditch the tera bs extensions, not long enough for ur lift, go with IRO custom ones, 3.5" or 4". Great $etup.:tea:

MSU.WJ

02-29-2008 11:47 AM

Very nice "phase one"! That's about phase 1344560 for most of the people on here. I agree to send the teraflex extensions back, as they are worthless with anything more than a BB. No you don't need a drop pitman arm. You can put together your own over the knuckle steering: http://www.mallcrawlin.com/forum//showthread.php?t=7615

0) I agree with TX-WJ - you need longer then 2" extensions, I would say 4" extensions for 33" tires at a minimum.
1) No, don't get a drop pitman arm.
2) There is a home made style you can do. Check it out here: http://www.mallcrawlin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7615
3) No you don't. Since on a WJ the brake lines follow the control arms and don't drop down, adding lift doesn't strech them out at all.
4) Looks pretty good otherwise.

I still haven't gotten any parts yet, but I did order more! Someone over on mall crawlin is wanting to go 37's with his dub, so I'm picking up his 2000 WJ axles - Front Dana 30 with ARB and 4.56 gears, and rear 44HD with Aussie and 4.56's, Powerslot rotors front and rear. Supposedly did master install kit when gears/lockers where done and that was only 10k miles ago. He's supposed to get them palleted and shipped by monday... I'm excited as I didn't expect to be getting gears, much less lockers, for quite a while.

theksmith

04-04-2008 05:45 PM

Still waiting on the Claytons kit, most everything else has come.

I picked up the axles from the trucking company warehouse this week, I never realized how freakin heavy they are...

UPDATE after lift install 6-29-08:
the computer says i am now averaging 12.5mpg, which i calculate would really be 14.1mpg if the computer was adjusted for the new tires. before tires and lift, i averaged 16mpg, so it looks like just the change in weight and aerodynamics has lost me 2mpg!!

theksmith

06-21-2008 02:54 AM

clayton install:

So it's been forever, but the clayton kit is finally installed. I had backorder problems with Clayton, RE, and shipping issues with JKS... then since I missed my first install date, it took a while to get another.

I had Absolute Offroad here in Phoenix do the install (i can't weld for ****). They did a decent job... I'm sure most anyone would be very happy with them... me, however, being a perfectionist would have liked to seen a little more attention-to-detail on the cut-off of the old mounts, and a couple of the welds could be prettier... most are nice though. As always, Joe over there was very personable and gave me a price that I can't argue with... so I'm sure I'll continue to use them.

I had them do the Clayton kit, and the springs/shocks/trackbar too... seem to make sense to do all that at once. I still have trimming, bumpstops, exhaust, rock rails, t-case skid, etc., to do myself now.